Summer in Beavercreek means more traffic on Pentagon Boulevard and North Fairfield Road, more stop and go commuting, and pavement temperatures that can climb well past what your brakes deal with in cooler months. What a lot of drivers don’t realize is that a brake inspection that’s often free or low cost can extend the…
I-675 wraps nearly 27 miles around the eastern side of Dayton, connecting Beavercreek to Centerville, Kettering, and Fairborn at sustained highway speeds that most local roads never approach. A tire rotation every 7,500 miles costs a small fraction of what a full set of prematurely worn tires runs to replace, and for a heavier three-row…
Last month, a Kia Sorento came into our service bay after the owner noticed a hollow thudding sound every time they crossed a speed bump in The Greene’s parking area. They had been brushing it off for weeks, assuming it was just the nature of the lot. When we got underneath, we found two failed…
Last fall, a 2023 Kia EV6 came into our service department on Heller Drive at 22,000 miles with front tire wear that would have been unremarkable on a 60,000-mile gasoline vehicle. The owner had replaced the original equipment tires at 18,000 miles with a set of standard all-season tires from a general tire shop, selected…
A Kia Carnival owner came into our service bay last month after his family’s Yellow Springs day trip had been cut short when the low tire pressure warning appeared on SR-343 east of Fairborn, twelve miles from the nearest service facility. A slow leak in the passenger rear tire that had been building for two…
A Kia Telluride owner came in last March after noticing a loud hum from the front axle on I-675 that hadn’t been there in the fall. He had leaned heavily on Terrain Mode through a tough Greene County winter, assuming the system was managing his tires through the ice and snow on Heller Drive and…
Last month, a 2022 Kia Sportage Hybrid came into our service bay with a sluggish acceleration complaint and a warning light that had been glowing for two weeks. The owner had skipped their scheduled hybrid battery cooling system inspection and hadn’t had the 12-volt auxiliary battery tested since purchase. After 28,000 miles of stop-and-go traffic…
Last May, a 2023 Kia Sportage experienced complete brake failure on I-675 during rush hour after the owner skipped spring inspection. A rear brake caliper, corroded from three months of winter salt exposure, had seized completely and overheated the brake fluid to the boiling point. The resulting vapor lock eliminated braking power, causing a near-collision…
Two weeks ago, a 2022 Kia Telluride came in after sliding through a stop sign on Colonel Glenn Highway during the first snowfall. The driver had all-wheel drive but didn’t understand how the system worked or that winter tires would have made a significant difference. She’d assumed AWD alone meant she could drive normally in…
Last month, a 2021 Kia Telluride owner came into our service center complaining about a vibration in the steering wheel that had gradually worsened over several weeks. The vibration was most noticeable at highway speeds on I-675 during his daily commute to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He assumed he needed new tires because the vibration…
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